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Introducing Nokia N97 mini
By JBC on 02 September 2009
STUTTGART, Germany – Following in the footsteps of its bigger, older brother, the Nokia N97 mini was unveiled this morning at Nokia World 09. Sporting new homescreen widgets and a host of usability improvements, the N97 mini still packs 8GB of storage, a 3.2-inch touchscreen and full QWERTY keyboard into its 14.2mm thin frame. It’s also the first Nokia device to sport Lifecasting with Ovi – a new partnership with the world’s largest social network, Facebook. The N97 mini is based on the same tilt display design of its N97 big brother, built into a smaller body complete with new design touches.
Lifecasting enables users to update their Facebook status directly from the device’s homescreen. It doesn’t stop there though as location details can also be updated, enabling a whole new level of social sharing and communication. With the ability to completely customise the homescreen, users will be able to make their N97 mini truly unique.
The 3.2-inch touchscreen opens up a new world of software improvements including flick scrolling and a range of new experiences including new homescreen widgets. What’s more, the software update will also be available next month for existing N97 devices.
The Nokia N97 mini works seamlessly with Ovi Store where users can add new applications, widgets, ringtones and other content to their device. It also sports Ovi Maps and comes with integrated A-GPS and compass along with with voice navigation for driving or walking. Over 155,000 points of interest are also available through Lonely Planet guides and restaurants through Michelin Guides.
Up to 12 days standby time are on offer and up to 28 hours music playback (in offline mode). The 5-megapixel camera comes with dual LED flash and video light, along with a Carl Zeiss Tessar lens. The 8GB of on board memory can be expanded to 24GB with the addition of a 16GB microSD card.
The Nokia N97 mini will be available next month for an estimated retail price of EUR450 before taxes and subsidies. Check out our preview gallery below. And see the Social Media Release here.
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Tags | Lifecasting, Nokia N97 mini, NW09, Ovi Maps, Ovi Store
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:04 am
Hey Glad to see the new Nokia n97 mini with new revised price and added functionality…
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the Boy Reply:
September 29th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Please wen is this phone coming to Nigeria? and will someone tell me, is it really worth it?? and compared to the 5730 Xpressmusic is it good. Please include price
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Rony Reply:
January 28th, 2010 at 11:39 am
Hi guys, i have reviewed Nokia N97 Mini. the phone is worth to try. The phone does meets my works. may be my review could help you guys also.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Nokia-N97-Mini
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Rony Reply:
February 8th, 2010 at 6:21 am
If you are music freak then N97 Mini Rocks with Razer Moray headphones. I have written about Razer Moray with Nokia N97 Mini, its bit pricey but excellent performance.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Razer-Moray-New-innovative-earphones
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September 2nd, 2009 at 11:05 am
How about the battery?
Hope not too small
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September 2nd, 2009 at 11:33 am
Any idea when will it be launched in India? And what are the differences between N97 and N97 (mini).?
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rogue assisin Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 11:52 am
ntn much..well d n97 mini will lack sum features of d original brother n97..its juss a cheper version of d n97.
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Anonymous Reply:
December 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Actually the mini has more added software and id more compact and easy to handle, more user friendly, the difference is the internal memory and size.
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September 2nd, 2009 at 3:06 pm
and you used a map of problematique (Muse) remix as song for the spot…nice!
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AlexDaG8T Reply:
September 3rd, 2009 at 7:50 am
hopefully they also up the hardware
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September 3rd, 2009 at 6:32 am
N97 mini lacks so many features present in original N97 and still it is priced higher than the original one.Are you going to buy it just because of its looks and size.When N900 is just €50 costlier, who is going to buy N97 mini.Check out its comparison with N97
http://5530xpressmusic.com/nokia-n97-mini-officially-announced-mini-in-size-as-well-as-features/
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September 3rd, 2009 at 8:10 am
nokia n97 mini wen ll lanch in india and tell abt price and features.
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September 3rd, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Screen keybord in 97 mini like in 5800 ?
It’s difficult type sms in Russian on my N97. (((
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September 4th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Please correct the spelling errors in the N97 mini video.
For example: let’s you !!!!!!!!!
Makes you look really amateurish / careless
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September 11th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
how much is this phone in Australia, Brisbane ??
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September 11th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Has it got Wii-Fii also or is it without Wii-Fii ??
And 8 MP camera??
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September 22nd, 2009 at 11:59 pm
This is truly a new innovation that will make mobile blogging much easier
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September 23rd, 2009 at 6:33 am
releaser it early i want the power in my hand deying to havae it
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harry Reply:
November 15th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
price in india tell me
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September 23rd, 2009 at 10:19 am
WHEN WILL N97(MINI) COME IN INDIA? WHAT ABOUT IT’S PRICE
PLZ REPLY
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October 5th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Nokia N97 is my favorite phone specially in black color, now I am going to buy this phone from here http://www.nextgenmobileshop.co.uk/phones-Nokia-N97Black as suggested by my friend.
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October 10th, 2009 at 4:35 am
This has to be the most outdated, useless phone existing. Doesn’t have anything remotely like a useful interface. Doesn’t sync with much. However, it does have one great feature, it is so bad it is easy for us to throw away (tossed in air and shot at skeet range) this test phone and not have wasted resources on buying 3500 units for work. The only thing this phone was missing is a bag, battery, and pull out antenna.
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October 16th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
How does this compare to the iPhone?
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October 29th, 2009 at 10:41 am
The telephone look great. I like nokia n97. I use Nokia models from 9 years. The number one on the market!
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November 6th, 2009 at 4:09 am
nNokia N97 mini is “wifi”include?pls reply me.
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November 9th, 2009 at 7:30 am
Friends for me this phone is not upto the mark. For businessman this n97 is totally no no. since it don`t let you use quickoffice .so u cann`t even open word and excel files forget about editing them. u cann`t purchase quickoffice since its not available anywhere. Secondly, it get hang again & again even the latest version .Thirdly, it doesn`t connect on bsnl wi-fi. When i enquired on nokia toll free no. they surprised me by saying that n97 cann`t be connected through wi-fi.Even the service center people do not know anything. I feel betrayed.
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November 10th, 2009 at 1:55 am
N97 have microsoft office like, e.g Microsoft Excel?
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November 11th, 2009 at 8:16 am
That was a good review.
I think nokia has decreased the space for the new mini when compared to earlier version. rest all features are almost same except voice calling and push to talk.
Screen is smaller, but it is handy and easily usable.
I think I am going to rock with it.
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November 21st, 2009 at 12:12 pm
HOW MUCH IS D N97MINI AND WAT RE D DIFFERENCE BTW D BIGGER ONE.
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November 24th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Although the iPhone3G S is a very smart phone, it not intelligent enough to compete against the Nokia N97 Mini.
The Nokia N97 mini is like having a mini super computer on your pocket. The features of the Nokia N97 Mini are very impressive compared to the iPhone.
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December 1st, 2009 at 5:40 pm
WHAT a pile of rubbish this phone is !
Small in size – BIG in problems!!!!!!!!!
It locks up & has to be re booted, it turns off-de powers! during calls & programmes,the touch screen has a mind of its own and can repeat the key function ad lib – even the delete key -watch your email/txt,contacts dissapear in front of your eyes.
If you got yours from Fones.4.U you’re in big trouble. they don’t want to know. the Customer un”help”ful desk is a shambles & their managers are very poor at customer liason!
Have a nice day – but with a different fone!
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December 9th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
The N97mini is a great mobile phone.
However, the current firmware version v10.0.020 is buggy.
Sometimes, when the phone get idle and locked, it’s not possible to reactivate it and requires to reboot it.
There seems to be connectivity problem as there is a WLAN connection automatically established without my consent. When deactivating the WLAN connection, the mobile reconnects automatically. The only way to solve this is to switch to offline-mode, remove the save WiFi access point and return back to normal mode.
Also, there doesn’t seem to be any VoIP client, although it’s possible to set SIP settings. Haven’t found how to make a SIP call (as-in-real-SIP-calls-without-carriers-control) ?
At last, it’d be great if we could update the firmware from Ubuntu/Linux PC and more generally to have a Linux version of the Nokia PC Suite. I’m trying to run PC Suite with Wine in Ubuntu but unsuccessfully, the installation fails.
Please Nokia, provide us a Linux version of PC Suite.
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December 14th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Got a n95 works ok in my office, tried 2x n97 mini (no signal). I have to go outside to pick it up, would love one but I think it has a poor aerial
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December 20th, 2009 at 4:44 am
i have to go outside to pick it up, would love one but I think it has a poor aerial
have anything remotely like a useful interface. Doesn’t sync with much. However, it does have one great feature, it is so bad it is easy for us to throw away (tossed in air and shot at skeet range) this test phone and not have wasted resources on buying 3500 units for work. The only thing this phone was missing is a bag, battery, and pull out antenna.
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dilip Reply:
December 20th, 2009 at 4:49 am
i agree with you bhilai (c.g)There seems to be connectivity problem as there is a WLAN connection automatically established without my consent. When deactivating the WLAN connection, the mobile reconnects automatically. The only way to solve this is to switch to offline-mode, remove the save WiFi access point and return back to normal mode.
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December 22nd, 2009 at 4:40 am
What is the price of Nokia n97?
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December 28th, 2009 at 8:56 am
I am very dissapointed with the 97 when comparing it with my old Nokia 6708. One of the users said it is just like holding a computer in your palm…. YES, it is quite right but with a good load of buggs in it! The only plus I can think of is its processing speed seems faster though! Hope Nokia will not take forever to fix their buggs!!
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January 6th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
how much is it ??
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January 12th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
how do i set a message tone on my n97mini please?
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January 16th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
I have this phone and it has frozen 3 times in the space of 3 weeks. It is a great phone when it works… If you are looking for a reliable phone I wouldn’t get this.
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January 19th, 2010 at 2:59 am
Nokia N97 Mini – DON’T BUY !!!!! I have 1 unit USED ONLY 2 DAYS and is pain in the ash. Th unit generate heat and you can not use more than 7 minutes, your FEEL THE HEAT AT YOU EAR and your head starts feeling very bad. So why waste the money !!!
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January 19th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Hey guys…
Jus want to know what you all think.. Do you’ll feel N97 mini is better or X6 is better? Im lookin at buying a new phone and ur advices/point of views would relly help.. Thank u soo much..
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January 23rd, 2010 at 8:03 am
Fully satisfactory phone i can say.
ccol look nd mainly the user friendly phone.
NOKIA N-97 Mini simply rocks…
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January 28th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
N97: Guys! never think of to buy Nokia N97.
It has many bugs & software issues.
I feel Nokia should ban this cell.
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January 29th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
irresistible!!
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February 5th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
i have the phone and its awsome
i advise to buy it
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